Mengistu Haile Mariam Quotes:
Ocupation: Ethiopian Politician
Life: b. May 21, 1937
Birthday: May 21
In this country, some aristocratic families automatically categorize persons with dark skin, thick lips, and kinky hair as "Barias" [Amharic for slave]... let it be clear to everybody that I shall soon make these ignoramuses stoop and grind corn!
source: "Mengistu Haile Mariam: The Profile of a Dictator". Ethiopian Review, February 1994.
topic: Country, Dark, Hair, Kinky Hair, Dark Skin
